Labeling device



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H. o. semen. LABELING Device.

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H. O. BENTON. LABELING DEVICE. I FILED we. 31. I921. 2 SHEET$',SHEE1' 2y ZZjfi Fatented Dec. 19, TWZZ.

HARRY O. BENTON, 0Y3 BAYONNE, IiTE't-V JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY lwfESNEASSIGNllEENl-JS, TO STANDARD DEVELOPMIENT CODTBAITY, OF NEW YORK, '55.,A COBPQR-ATIQN OF DELAWARE.

LABELING DEVICE.

Application filed August 31, 1921. Serial No. 497,243.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY O. BENTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at 82 West 31st Street, Bayonne, in thecounty of Hudson andState of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement inLabeling Devices, of which the following is a specification. Y

The present invention relates to improvements in labeling devices andmore particularly to the label picking and applying mechanisms thereof.It will be fully understood from the following description, illus tratedby the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the label picking device and associatedplunger or finger for application of the label to a bottle or otherarticle;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are views illustrating somewhat diagrammatically themode of operation of the device of the invention when in use.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the numerals 10 and 11designate the ends of the oscillating arms supporting the pickersupporting plates 12 and 13. Near each end of each of the supportingplates 12 and 13 a transverse groove or bore 14 is formed, in whichslides a plunger 15, which is secured by screws 16 or other suitabledevices to the gum plates 17. The outer ends of the grooves or bores14'are closed by the end plates 18, suitably secured to the supportingend plates 12 and 13. Springs 19 are interposed in the grooves 14between the faces of the plates 18 and the ends of the plungers 15 andtend. to force the latter inwards, so as to cause the edges of the gumplates 17 to meet centrally between the supporting plates 12 and 13. Atthe front and back of their meeting edges, the gum plates 17 areprovided with downwardly projecting lugs 20Qthc edges of the platesbeing rounded or beveled. as indicated at 21 where these lugs arefori'ned. This rounding or heveling of the edges permits the gum platesto he readilywedged apart, as hereinafter set forth.

In operation, the gum plates of the picker are first coated with anadhesive by means of a suitable roller or other device, the apparatusfor accomplishing this. purpose not being shown, as it is well known inthe prior art and not a part of the present invention.

The gum plates are then brought by a suitinto 'co-o eration with theicker to sew- L arate the gum plates and apply the label to the bottle.This plunger is provided with a grip finger 28, preferably of rubber andof wedge-shaped section, which is secured to a cross piece 24, thelatter being pivoted to a supporting arm 25. At the ends of the bar 24are downwardly projecting separating fingers 26, the lower ends of whichare wedge-shaped. These separating fingers are suitably made of metaland are spaced apart so that they engage the gum plates 17 at therounded or beveled portions 21. In so doing they separate the gum platesand permit the grip finger 23 to engage the label approximatelycentrally and apply it to the bottle, as shown in Fig. 5. The remainderof the operation is carried out in the same manner as is customary inthe art. The picker is raised relatively to the bottle, the separatingfingers 26 keeping the gum plates separated while the ends of the labelpass between them and finally spring into position against the bottle.The label is then wiped down upon the surface ot the bottle by means ofthe wipers 27. This operation is indicated in Fig. (i, but not being aportion of the present invention the detailed mechanism for carrying itout is not shown.

It will be readily apparent that the present invention permits theentire surface of the label. to be covered with the adhesive, inasmuchas the edges of the gum plates 17 are held in close contact by thesprings 19 up to the time the label is removed from them.

Although the present invention has been described in connection with thespecific details of an embodiment thereof, it is not intended that thesedetails shall be regarded as limitations upon the scope of theinvention, except in so far as 'may be included in the accompanyingclaims.

I claim:

1. A label picker comprising spaced supporting means, grooved supportingmembers rigidly secured to said supporting means, and gum platesslidably mounted thereon in said grooves, said gum plates normallymeeting between the supporting members.

2. A label picker comprising spaced supporting plates, gum platesslidably mounted thereon, and means forcing the edges of said gum platesinto contact with each other, said means permitting forced separation ofthe edges oi said gum plates.

3. A label picker comprising spaced supporting plates, grooves formed insaid sup' porting plates, gum plates resting on said supporting plates,said gum plates being provided with plungers slidable in said grooves,and springs in said grooves acting upon said plungers to force the edgesof the gum plates to meet.

4. In a labeling device, in combination, a label picker having spacedsupporting plates, gum plates slidably mounted upon said supportingplates, said gum plates having meetlug edges and being capable of beingforcibly separated, and a label applying device,

said device being provided with means for separating the gum plates andmeans capable of passing between said spaced gum plates for carrying alabel therebetween.

5. In a labeling device, in combination, a label picker comprisingmovable plates having their edges normally in engagement and a labelapplying plunger, said plunger having a separating finger adapted towedge apart and space said movable plates and a grip finger adapt-ed topass between the separated plates.

6. In a labeling device, in combination, a

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